Category Archives: Canadian Press
Historic commercial flight from US lands in Cuba
SANTA CLARA, Cuba - The first commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than a half century landed in the central city of Santa Clara on Wednesday morning, re-establishing regular a...
Aug 31, 2016
US court upholds ban on gun sales to marijuana card holders
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal ban on the sale of guns to medical marijuana card holders does not violate the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court said Wednesday. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Co...
Aug 31, 2016
US set to destroy big chemical weapon stockpile
DENVER - The U.S. Army plans to start operating a $4.5 billion plant next week that will destroy the nation’s largest remaining stockpile of mustard agent, complying with an international treaty...
Aug 31, 2016
Sharp's career year influenced by Olympic team ahead of LPGA Manulife Classic
CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - All those practice rounds with Brooke Henderson have rubbed off on Alena Sharp. At age 35, Sharp is in the midst of a breakout season on the LPGA Tour. She finished fourth at the Can...
Aug 31, 2016
Roughriders draw criticism for signing controversial lineman Khalif Mitchell
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed controversial defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell to their practice roster, drawing criticism from Canadian Jewish organizations. Mitchell hasn’t ...
Aug 31, 2016
Man strips nude at B.C. gas station after bear spray accident: police
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they got quite an eyeful last week after a man peeled off his clothes and began washing himself with milk after inadvertently spraying bear spray dow...
Aug 31, 2016
Man strips nude at B.C. gas station after bear spray accident: police
PENTICTON, B.C. - Mounties in Penticton, B.C., say they got quite an eyeful last week after a man peeled off his clothes and began washing himself with milk after inadvertently spraying bear spray dow...
Aug 31, 2016
Raonic ousted from U.S. Open after second-round loss to Harrison
NEW YORK - Milos Raonic didn’t have his main weapon ready to bail him out at Flushing Meadows. The fifth-seeded Raonic crashed out of the U.S. Open in the second round Wednesday, losing 6-7 (4),...
Aug 31, 2016
Venomous snake captured near Toronto, python on the lam in Montreal
A venomous snake that was the subject of a hunt in a wooded area east of Toronto has been captured, but a python remains on the loose in Montreal. A spokeswoman for Ajax, Ont., says the copperhead was...
Aug 31, 2016
Venomous snake captured near Toronto, python on the lam in Montreal
A venomous snake that was the subject of a hunt in a wooded area east of Toronto has been captured, but a python remains on the loose in Montreal. A spokeswoman for Ajax, Ont., says the copperhead was...
Aug 31, 2016